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Green grapes

The grapes are looking good but still very green. Yields are very low in the Carignan vineyard but here’s a particularly good looking bunch. Carignan grapes – still green  

Malolactic in barrel

The mild weather we have had throughout October has encouraged malolactic conversion. Here you can see the tell-tale bubbles winking at the brim in a barrel of Syrah.  

Barrels

Oak barrels Very excited to take delivery of 3 bourgogne barrels today, just in time to receive some of the 2014 vintage. 2 Francois Frères and 1 Demptos. They look new but are in fact one year old.

Waiting game

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